I can do it!

Some friends of ours were camping at the lake, so we went over this evening to visit them and BBQ.  While we were out there, the water was nice and smooth, so I thought I'd give NICE open water a try.  Holy Cow!  I had no idea how much I could LIKE swimming!  What a beautiful revelation.  I swam about 3/4 of a mile, and I could very easily have kept going.  Yes.  I like swimming when there is no fear of drowning in the waves.  :D

Ben and I woke up early this morning so that we could get a run in before our planned bike outing.  We ran the Bloomington Loop, and I tried out my new CEP compression socks.  I don't know if it was the socks or the chocolate chip cookies I ate last night, but apparantly I was running pretty fast for a Monday, because Ben was hating me.  He kept saying I was running a 7:40 pace.  Of course, I took my usual walk breaks so my overall time wasn't that fast, but I still did 5 miles in 44:46, which is decent for me.  My quads are still pretty sore, but I felt strong anyway.

The bike plan was to start in Saint George and do the Veyo loop, but when I could barely go up the hill to the Gunlock Reservoir, I knew I was toast for "the wall," so I called it a day after I biked through Gunlock.  I did 20.5 miles of uphills and rollers in 1:32:54.  My shoulders and back were screaming at me, and what I really wanted to do was lay down on the side of the road and take a nap, so it was a mental challenge today - especially the last few miles.  But I can do hard things!!!  And I shall live to bike again tomorrow!  :D

I missed my workout yesterday, because I was planning on doing a trial triathlon at the lake last night, so I didn't work out that morning.  When I arrived home from bootcamp, I logged onto my callboard at Tuacahn, and ended up with a call from noon to midnight!  And I was already committed to voice lessons from 9:30 on, so I had barely enough time to pack food for the day and instruct my poor orphaned kids in their daily chores before I left for the rest of the day.  I got home at 12:30 AM, showered, and hit the hay at 1:00 AM so that I could get up at 5:45 AM for today's bootcamp.

Today at Bootcamp I decided that since I wasn't leading, I would try to get a bit of a workout in.  I tried to only do the upper body stuff, since I knew I had speedwork at the track tonight, and I wanted to save my legs.  So I was pretty excited about doing some track work tonight.  I did a warm-up of about a half mile, then we started with some sprints.  I made it about two steps into my sprint, and BOTH my quads went "pop pop!" and I was done for the night.  Dang it!  I tried to jog it out, doing a couple more miles at a slow pace, but I think I'm going to need some recovery time for this.  The coach told me to just jog lightly a little each day until I felt recovered, but it sure does mess with my plans.  I hate not being able to work out!!!  :(  Anyway, I ended up with 3.45 miles in 32:58.  Sigh.

I was a little late getting out of Bootcamp this morning, so I needed to eat as soon as I got home.  That postponed my run until 9:30 - pretty late in the day for Saint George!  Luckily it's still below 80 degrees, but warmer than I prefer for running.

Anyway, Coach told me yesterday to lightly jog everyday until I broke a sweat...no longer than 30 minutes.  Well, I broke a sweat the minute I walked out the door, so I just decided I'd jog for 30 minutes or 3 miles, whichever came first.  I ended up with 3 miles in 27:36, which is about my average time...so much for "light" jogging!  :D

I did my "no more than 30 minute light jog" again today, and did 3 miles in 26:35.  If I keep this "light jogging" up, I'm going to be super-speedy in no time!!!  :D